Baltimore County, Md: State of Maryland, 1866. Quarto. An outstanding 1866 CIVIL WAR UNION SOLDIER DISCHARGE BOUNTY document from JOHN W ELLIS, an infantry soldier in Company F of Purnells Maryland Legion. COMPLETE, ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR DOCUMENT, dated December 28, 1866, with fantastic MARYLAND CIVIL WAR and PURNELL'S LEGION..... More
n.d. c.1877. 1st Edition. Folio. Original c.1877 hand-colored map of Salem, Massachusetts, featuring building footprints, some property owner names, and original street names and map sponsors. In vignette in the upper left corner is a higher-level map of Salem depicting the surrounding area. Featured on the map..... More
New York: Rand McNally, 1902. Beautiful 1902 color map of baltimore, Maryland. This map features Baltimore landmarks such as Druid Hill Park, Greenmount Cemetery, Fort McHenry, the B&O Railroad's Camden Station, which now serves as the dramatic backdrop at the home of the Baltimore Orioles, Camden yards, and..... More
New York: Rand McNally, 1917. GORGEOUS WW I-Era Street Map of New York city, featuring many iconic NYC landmarks. The Polo Grounds, home of the New York Yankees in 1917, is represented, as is Central Park, Grand Central Station, Battery Park, the Brooklyn Bridge and many more. Most..... More
c.1970s. Beautiful c.1970s Hand-Carved Patriotic Eagle carrying the U.S. Stars and Stripes Shield in Flight. This piece likely was carved mear the Bicentennial in 1976. Painted in Red, white, blue, yellow and black, this wall hanging measures 19" X 13" framed, with the obligatory 'E Pluribus Unum' hand..... More
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1822. 1st Edition. A SPECTACULAR 1822 hand-colored map of Washington, DC, drawn by Fielding Lucas. The lithographic indentation encompassing the large center of this map is still quite sharp and very desirable. This map breaks down populations by Whites, Free Blacks and Slaves in DC at..... More
Paris: 1751. Louis-Jacques Goussier, engraved by Robert Bénard. 1st Edition. Beautiful 1751 French copperplate engraving illustrating the complexities of 18th-century ship building From the "Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers", edited by Denis & Jean le Rond d'Alembert. Published in Paris, France... More
Buffalo, NY: International Railway Company, 1931. GORGEOUS 1931 Great Depression-era illustrated pictorial map of the Niagara Frontier from Niagara Falls in the South to Lewiston, NY at the North. This aerial bird's-eye view is from the the Canadian vantage point and looks across the Niagara River into New..... More
London: British Admiralty, 1893. 1st Edition. An exceedingly RARE 1893 British map of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, featuring the Light Houses of Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. "Great Egg Harbor to Albemarle Sound, Including Delaware & Chesapeake Bays, from the United States Coast Survey 1859-86." Topography taken from..... More
New York: Sports Illustrated, 1954. 1st Edition. Quarto. The VERY FIRST issue of Sports Illustrated, with the FULL FOLD-OUT SHEET of baseball cards, including such Hall-of-Famers such as Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Richie Ashburn, Ted Williams, Duke Snyder, Eddie Mathews, Larry Doby and more. In addition to the baseball..... More
Field Camps in Virginia: 1864-1865. Two original 1864 and 1865 MARYLAND CIVIL WAR UNION ARMY CHAPLAIN Requisition Forms, submitted by Arthur Brickman, a U.S. Army Chaplain for the 3rd Maryland Infantry and the 1st Maryland cavalry. The 1864 document is for a horse for use in the field in..... More
Paris: J. Carez, 1825. 1st Edition Thus. A SPECTACULAR 1825 French hand-colored map of Pennsylvania from Lucas' 1822 map, which breaks down county populations by Whites and Free Blacks. "Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique de la Pensylvanie" Originally published in 1822 by Carey and Lea and then..... More
Florence: EDIZIONI PONTE VECCHIO, n.d. Brahe, Tycho. Later Printing. Elephant Folio. A GORGEOUS later restrike of a 1662 copperplate engraving of an astronomical instrument printed by Johan Blaeu, taken from the original drawings of Tycho Brahe, the most important astronomer of the 16th century. Published by Edizioni Ponte..... More
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co, 1970. Facsimile Broadside. Folio. On July 2, 1776, in the throes of revolution, the statesmen of the American Colonies, meeting in secret at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, voted to break the shackles of allegiance to the British Crown and become free..... More
1918. Two outstanding framed WW I-era silver gelatin photographs of the 'DOROTHY BARRETT', a US five-masted schooner directly involved in the war-supply effort. The Dorothy Barrett, heavily laden with coal, was on a run from Brazil to New England when she was sunk by German submarine U-117 off the..... More
Philadelphia: The Map Store, 1936. 1st Edition. Beautiful 1936 Pictorial Folding Map of Philadelphia, in original wraps. "TMS Visitors Map of Philadelphia" features an illustrated map of the City of Brotherly Love surrounded by images of city landmarks in vignette around the border. This historic piece features iconic..... More
New York: Viking, 1959-1969. Early Printings. 8vo. Beautiful complete four-volume set of Campbell's classic and influential work on mythology throughout history. All four volumes are either 1st or early printings, all in the 1960s when the set was first published. Mild rubbing and edge wear to bindings..... More
London: T.W. for Tho. Knight, 1655. 1st Edition. Duodecimo. A wonderful 17th-century English-French primer, with words, phrases and even complete paragraphs presented in English and then followed with their French translations, designed so that people could learn French, one of the International languages of the day along with Latin, in..... More
Philadelphia: Gazette of the United States, 1792. 1st Edition. An incredible 1792 newspaper, printed during the 1st Administration of President George Washington, with important content related to the defeat of General Arthur St. Clair at the hands of the Northwest Indian Confederation under Little Turtle and Blue Jacket, the Congressional..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1909. 1st Edition. Beautiful Map of Antarctica, depicted the route taken by the British Expedition of 1907-1909 under Ernest Shackleton. Taken from the 1909 1st Edition of Shackleton's 1909 'In the Heart of the Antarctic". The map shows the South Victoria Land coastline of Antarctica..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1909. 1st Edition. Beautiful Map of Antarctica, depicted the route taken by the British Expedition of 1907-1909 under Ernest Shackleton. Taken from the 1909 1st Edition of Shackleton's 1909 'In the Heart of the Antarctic". The map shows the Queen Alexandra mountain range and route..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1909. 1st Edition. Beautiful Map of Antarctica, depicted the route taken by the British Expedition of 1907-1909 under Ernest Shackleton. Taken from the 1909 1st Edition of Shackleton's 1909 'In the Heart of the Antarctic". The map shows the mountain ranges and route taken across..... More
Worcester, Mass: 1827-1831. 1st Edition. 8vo. A Lovely 1827 manuscript Friendship Book belonging to one 'Miss Mary Steward', presumably of Worcester, Massachusetts, as it is where many of the entries originate. This beautiful piece is FILLED with handwritten poetry and prose and features six original hand-colored watercolors, varying in..... More